Wolseley Commonage
A lowland remant on the urban fringe comprising important fynbos and renosterveld vegetation. It is situated to the NE of the town of Wolseley in the Tulbagh Valley between Tulbagh to the North and Ceres to the SE.
Nodes
Apiaceae
Arctotis
Mesembryanthemaceae
Lachnaea
Leucadendron
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Heliophila
Leucadendron
Moraea
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Taxonomy term
Struthiola
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Gk. strouthos = a starling. The seeds are pointed like a starling’s beak (Hugh Glen). Alternately, Gk. strouthion = a small bird, sparrow (dim. of strouthos = ostrich). Perhaps the seed resembles a sparrow’s beak (WPU Jackson).
Thesium
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Derivation uncertain. Gk. thes = a hired labourer. An ancient name for a species of Linaria, toad flax, used by Pliny the Elder. Georg Christian Wittstein traces this to the legendary hero Theseus, who slew the Minotaur and to whom Ariadne gave a wreath in which this plant was woven.
Trachyandra
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Gk. trachys = rough; andros = male. The thick filaments are usually hairy.
Wachendorfia
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For Evert Jacob van Wachendorff (1702–1758), Dutch physician and botanist. He studied medicine in Leiden and Utrecht, becoming a doctor of medicine in 1724, and became municipal physician of Utrecht (1726–1758). During this period, he also became a lecturer in chemistry at Utrecht University (1726–1743), then professor of medicine, chemistry and botany (1743–1758). He also became a director of the Botanical Gardens of Utrecht. Among his publications was Horti Ultraiectini Index (1747) and Oratio Botanico-Medica de Plantis Immensitatis Intellectus Divini Testibus (1743). He was a good friend of Clifford and Linnaeus.
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